B’nai B’rith today authorized construction of two Hillel centers to serve Jewish students of Rutgers University and the University of New Hampshire.
The action, taken by the organization’s administrative committee, meeting here, brings to 208 the number of Hillel Foundations and counsellorships organized by B’nai B’rith to provide religious, cultural and counseling service to Jewish students on campuses in the United States and Canada. Philip M. Klutznick, president, said that the new buildings when constructed, “will provide expanded facilities in step with the growing number of Jewish undergraduates at both institutions.”
Rutgers and its co-education counterpart, Douglass College for Women, have a combined Jewish enrollment of 900 students. A Hillel program has been maintained there since 1939 in rented quarters. The University of New Hampshire at Durham, N.H. has 100 Jewish students who are isolated from Jewish religious and cultural institutions. They are presently serviced by a part-time counselor.
A special grant of $5,000 was allocated by B’nai B’rith to the American Museum of Immigration for its projected museum to be constructed at the base of the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. This edifice will contain historical material illustrating the contributions of immigrants to this country.
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